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The Subprime Loan thread

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  • mattlfc79
    mattlfc79 Posts: 130 Forumite
    Could we include Car finance in this thread?

    I got car finance through British Credit Trust via car loans for you so was able to choose my own dealer and car.

    Service from BCT has been good although I have made every repayment on time. The APR was high though 36.6%!!

    Paying £166 a month for a car valued at £4500 is a lot but seeing as I only have myself to blame for being a !!!!!! with my finances in my younger days I have little ground to complain!

    Hopefully once paid off I can get mainstream finance or altleast a respectable rate off BCT!

    They only charged me 1 months payment for GAP insurance too which seemed extremely comeptitive!
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  • mabski
    mabski Posts: 172 Forumite
    again this is for car finance
    first response finance the interest is high at 43% but it depends on how bad your credit file is
  • mattlfc79 wrote: »
    Could we include Car finance in this thread?

    I got car finance through British Credit Trust via car loans for you so was able to choose my own dealer and car.

    Service from BCT has been good although I have made every repayment on time. The APR was high though 36.6%!!

    Paying £166 a month for a car valued at £4500 is a lot but seeing as I only have myself to blame for being a !!!!!! with my finances in my younger days I have little ground to complain!

    Hopefully once paid off I can get mainstream finance or altleast a respectable rate off BCT!

    They only charged me 1 months payment for GAP insurance too which seemed extremely comeptitive!


    how long is your repayment spread over?
    She LEFT me, she LIED, and she made me foot the BILL ! :mad:
  • Cash_Flow
    Cash_Flow Posts: 1,103 Forumite
    mattlfc79 wrote: »
    Could we include Car finance in this thread?

    I got car finance through British Credit Trust via car loans for you so was able to choose my own dealer and car.

    Service from BCT has been good although I have made every repayment on time. The APR was high though 36.6%!!

    Paying £166 a month for a car valued at £4500 is a lot but seeing as I only have myself to blame for being a !!!!!! with my finances in my younger days I have little ground to complain!

    Hopefully once paid off I can get mainstream finance or altleast a respectable rate off BCT!

    They only charged me 1 months payment for GAP insurance too which seemed extremely comeptitive!

    That interest rate stinks for a loan which is secured on the car:(
  • mattlfc79
    mattlfc79 Posts: 130 Forumite
    how long is your repayment spread over?


    48 months. Only got my self to blame though..... I had to learn the hard way unfortunately!
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  • Cash_Flow
    Cash_Flow Posts: 1,103 Forumite
    mattlfc79 wrote: »
    48 months. Only got my self to blame though..... I had to learn the hard way unfortunately!

    I take it you needed the car badly?

    You will have given them back £8000 by the time you finish the loan which is nearly double what you borrowed:o

    I don't know how these lenders sleep at night? But that said I am sure it's on a nice luxurious mattress.
  • mattlfc79
    mattlfc79 Posts: 130 Forumite
    Cash_Flow wrote: »
    I take it you needed the car badly?

    You will have given them back £8000 by the time you finish the loan which is nearly double what you borrowed:o

    I don't know how these lenders sleep at night? But that said I am sure it's on a nice luxurious mattress.


    Yes I needed a reliable car!! Was sick of my megane giving me problems lol.

    For what I will have paid I would have been able to get a much newer car for the same price but hey ho! Hopefully this will be my last dealing with subprime as all the nasties drop off in 2012 and I might be considered a normal citizen lol.

    If any one reading this is thinking of not paying their debts as they think its unenforceable/ they were missold, stop it and pay up! Its not worth it, life has been difficult! Imagine not having a credit card or any savings then your car breaksdown and you need 500 sheets but you dont have the money and cant get credit!

    One day I shall be normal lol - at least I dont have to use Visa electron anymore though thanks to these clever new visa debit cards!
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    #bothered
  • Cash_Flow
    Cash_Flow Posts: 1,103 Forumite
    mattlfc79 wrote: »
    Yes I needed a reliable car!! Was sick of my megane giving me problems lol.

    For what I will have paid I would have been able to get a much newer car for the same price but hey ho! Hopefully this will be my last dealing with subprime as all the nasties drop off in 2012 and I might be considered a normal citizen lol.

    If any one reading this is thinking of not paying their debts as they think its unenforceable/ they were missold, stop it and pay up! Its not worth it, life has been difficult! Imagine not having a credit card or any savings then your car breaksdown and you need 500 sheets but you dont have the money and cant get credit!

    One day I shall be normal lol - at least I dont have to use Visa electron anymore though thanks to these clever new visa debit cards!

    All the best with your master plan mate, 2012 will be here before you know it:D
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    mattlfc79 wrote: »
    48 months. Only got my self to blame though..... I had to learn the hard way unfortunately!

    What a refreshing post. You have made my day.
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    ILW wrote: »
    What a refreshing post. You have made my day.
    It takes an honest person to admit when they are wrong, maybe a few MSE users could learn a lesson here. ;)
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
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